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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: dennisamah@terra.com.mx
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 15:22:17 +0200
Subject: FROM DENNIS AMAH

Dear one,

Good day and God Bless you.

Permit me to inform you of my desire for you to help me. Obviously, you
might be surprised on recieving this mail due to we have not known before.

By brief introduction , I am Dennis Amah, a citizen of Sierra
Leone and the only son of late Mr and Mrs James Ahmed Amah
.
My Late parents was killed by the rebels in my home town Mende district,
the second Economic Capital of Sierra Leone during the recent Political
crisis of Sept, 2002 . After their death, I and my younger sister Patricia
manage to run out of our Country to Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire, where we are
staying now for our safety.

My father was a Wealthy Cocoa and Gold Merchant before he met his sudden
death . Before their death in a private hospital , my father secretly
disclosed
to me of the total Sum of $19,000,000.00 (Nineteen million US Dollars) he
deposited in one a Truck box with a Security company here in Abidjan, Cote
d' ivoire. He further disclose to me that he did deposit the Truck box as
FAMILY TREASURES for security reasons and he use my name as the beneficiary
of the Truck Box.

Dear one, please I am honourably seeking your assistance to assist us in
claiming out this Truck box from the security company and transfer this
money into your accounts overseas and also stand as a guardian to us.
I will also like you to make arrangement for me and my younger sister to
further our Education in your country and to invest the money in your
country
also. I will offer

you 15% of the total Sum as compensation after the transfer . Please, get
back to me through the above email address to enable me inform you the
requirement
before the transfer of the money into your account . Email us and Please
send your reply to me with this above email address .
Thanks for your kindness and God bless you.
Expecting to hear from you.
Best regards,
Dennis Amah

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